‘Sources in the Anti-Formalist Tradition: ‘That Monster Custom, Who Doth All Sense Doth Eat’’, in Samantha Besson, and Jean d’Aspremont (eds), The Oxford Handbook of the Sources of International Law, 2018
Scope and Contents
The Upendra Baxi Collection is a digital collection that currently comprises a single series, Bibliography. This series is organised into several subseries, including Published Academic Articles, Published Book Chapters, Published Books, Published Book Reviews, Published Lectures and Presentations from Conferences and Seminars, Newspaper Articles, Letters and Correspondence (Mathura Rape Case), Other Media, and Media Articles by Others on the Mathura Rape Case.
Dates
- Publication: 2018
Creator
- Upendra Baxi (Author, Person)
- Sharunya (Archives Intern, Person)
- Meghashree Dev (Processing Archivist, Person)
Full Extent
From the Collection: 250 Megabytes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This essay examines anti-formalist apgroaches to legal sources. Baxi reflects on custom, practice, and lived legality, questioning rigid source theories and emphasizing how power and social practice shape what counts as law in international and domestic contexts. Published by online edn, Oxford Academic.
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the NLS Law and Society Archives Repository